Improvement in paper-holder shelves



G. v.' HAwKlNs.

Paper-Holder Shelves. No. 144,763. PmnredN0v.1s,1a73.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE V. HAWKINS, OF CLAYTON, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-HOLDER SHELVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,763, dated November 18, 1873; application filed September 15, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE V. HAwKrNs, of Clayton, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a stand for holding paper of diiferent sizes, to be used in stores or other places where paper of diiferent sizes is frequently used.

I In order to enable others skilled in the art, to which my invention appertains to make and use the saine, I will 110W proceed to describe its construction and operation, refer ring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my paperstand or paper-holder; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one section thereof'.

My stand or-liolder'is made in sections, each section consisting of a platform, A, with three bars, B B, attached to its upper side, so as to form, as it were, three sides of a shallow box, leaving oneside open. In the bars B B are small upward-projecting pins a a, which enter corresponding holes in the bottom ofthe section placed upon them, thus holding the sections together. The sections are placed one on top of the other, and gradually diminish in size, so that the stand will be pyramidical in shape. In the receptacles thus formed paper of different sizes is placed according to the size of the section, and the paper is held in place by a pin, b, which'projects downward from a plate, d, attached to the bars B B, said pin b entering a hole made in the inner edge of all the pieces of paper in the section. On the top section is placed another platform, A', with a box, C, on top to contain a spool, D, or

vball of cord or twine, the end of the twine passing through a hole in the front side of the box.

This paper-holder is to be placed on the counter, and forms not only a convenient receptacle for the various sizes of paper used, but forms also an ornament to the counter.

This paper-holder may be arranged in a suitable frame, Aso constructed as to slide like a drawer under a counterl or table, if so desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described paper-stand or paperholder, formed of a series of removable and gradually-diminishing sections, each section consisting of a platform, A, with bars B B, as described, and provided with pins d a, plate d, and pin b, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of August, 1873. I

GEORGE V. HAWKINS.

In presence of E. BATEs, JOHN C. WHEELER. 

